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Candidates will enter a cooling off period on Sunday until the big day on Feb. 14, where three contestants are in the running to succeed the hugely popular President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who has led Indonesia for a decade and cannot run again.
Panelists pointed out that Indonesia had imported a lot of cell phones in the past year, whereas the cost of building a factory to produce the devices locally would be very small when compared with the total value of shipments coming to the country.
The series of election debates ended with what analysts described as an “anticlimactic” finale, during which the three presidential candidates played it safe and shifted to a more conciliatory tone to avoid any negative sentiment in the final week before polling day.
Communications minister and Projo leader Budi has called for police to drop a complaint alleging the renowned comedian of violating the KUHP on perpetrating a minor insult when he used the Javanese word for "dog" in a derogatory way to refer to the President.
